Jewish cemetery (Schermbeck)
The Schermbeck Jewish Cemetery is located in the Schermbeck municipality in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia . As a Jewish cemetery , it is a monument and has been registered in the list of monuments since April 5, 2007 under monument number 34 .
The first evidence of a burial on the Bösenberg is dated to 1678. The oldest tombstone dates from 1801, the last burial took place in 1935. 36 tombstones have been preserved.
The November pogroms of 1938 have been commemorated in the Jewish cemetery since 2003 .
See also
- List of architectural monuments in Schermbeck (monument number 34)
literature
- Andrea Kammeier-Neben / Walter Schiffer: The Jewish cemetery in Schembeck - A small guide, ed. on behalf of the Jewish Museum Westphalia by Elisabeth Cosanne-Schulte-Huxel, Dorsten 2017.
- Elfi Pracht-Jörns: Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part II: Düsseldorf District, Cologne 2000, pp. 607–610.
- Michael Brocke (ed.): "Fire on your sanctuary". Destroyed synagogues in 1938 - North Rhine-Westphalia, Bochum 1999, p. 474 f. and 649.
Web links
- Epigraphic database of the SL Steinheim Institute (Essen) [1]
- Schermbeck. In: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Editor: Claudia Pohl.
- On the history of the community [2]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Kammeier-Neben / Walter Schiffer: The Jewish cemetery in Schembeck, Dorsten 2017, p. 16 f. and 32-41.
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 43.5 " N , 6 ° 52 ′ 5" E